Elsie Taveras

Elsie M. Taveras, M.D.

Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Associate Professor of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
617-726-8555
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Harvard Titles

Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Population Medicine
Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Administrative and Hospital Titles

Co-Director, Obesity Prevention Program, Department of Population Medicine

Address

Massachusetts General Hospital for Children
8th Floor
125 Nashua Street  
Boston MA 02114

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Evaluating the implementation of expert committee recommendations for obesity assessment.
Authors: Sharifi M, Rifas-Shiman SL, Marshall R, Simon SR, Gillman MW, Finkelstein JA, Taveras EM.
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
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Rationale and design of the STAR randomized controlled trial to accelerate adoption of childhood obesity comparative effectiveness research.
Authors: Taveras EM, Marshall R, Horan CM, Gillman MW, Hacker K, Kleinman KP, Koziol R, Price S, Simon SR.
Contemp Clin Trials
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Accelerating progress in reducing childhood obesity disparities: exploring best practices of positive outliers.
Authors: Sharifi M, Marshall G, Marshall R, Bottino C, Goldman R, Sequist T, Taveras EM.
J Health Care Poor Underserved
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Childhood obesity: shifting the focus to early prevention.
Authors: Woo Baidal JA, Taveras EM.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
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Maternal experiences of racial discrimination and child weight status in the first 3 years of life.
Authors: Dixon B, Rifas-Shiman SL, James-Todd T, Ertel K, Krieger N, Kleinman KP, Rich-Edwards JW, Gillman MW, Taveras EM.
J Dev Orig Health Dis
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Healthy Habits, Happy Homes: methods and baseline data of a randomized controlled trial to improve household routines for obesity prevention.
Authors: Taveras EM, McDonald J, O'Brien A, Haines J, Sherry B, Bottino CJ, Troncoso K, Schmidt ME, Koziol R.
Prev Med
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The association of urbanicity with infant sleep duration.
Authors: Bottino CJ, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman KP, Oken E, Redline S, Gold D, Schwartz J, Melly SJ, Koutrakis P, Gillman MW, Taveras EM.
Health Place
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Opportunities to Strengthen Childhood Obesity Prevention in Two Mexican Health Care Settings.
Authors: Cespedes E, Andrade GO, Rodríguez-Oliveros G, Perez-Cuevas R, González-Unzaga MA, Trejo AB, Haines J, Gillman MW, Taveras EM.
Int J Pers Cent Med
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Age of achievement of gross motor milestones in infancy and adiposity at age 3 years.
Authors: Benjamin Neelon SE, Oken E, Taveras EM, Rifas-Shiman SL, Gillman MW.
Matern Child Health J
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Systematic review of effective strategies for reducing screen time among young children.
Authors: Schmidt ME, Haines J, O'Brien A, McDonald J, Price S, Sherry B, Taveras EM.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
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